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High Court reinstates Kapa-Kingi as Te Pāti Māori member ahead of AGM

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Te Pāti Māori has acknowledged an interim High Court ruling that reinstates ousted MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi as a party member, allowing her to attend...

Ferris alleges Te Pāti Māori leadership mistreated Kemp and bullied MPs

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Expelled Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris has accused Te Pāti Māori leadership of bullying, claiming they attempted to remove the late Tāmaki Makaurau...

Te Pāti Māori expels Kapa-Kingi and Ferris

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Te Pāti Māori’s National Council has voted unanimously to expel MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris, following weeks of internal turmoil and public infighting. The...

Kapa-Kingi rejects overspending claims

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Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has denied allegations from her party’s leadership that she overspent her electorate budget by up to $133,000, insisting...

Ngarewa-Packer adds undeclared properties to register after media inquiry

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Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has updated her Parliamentary register to include two previously undeclared properties following inquiries by legacy media. Since entering Parliament...

Brownlee tightens rules after Kaipara’s overrun speech and haka

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Speaker Gerry Brownlee has announced a crackdown on parliamentary standards following the disruption caused by MP Oriini Kaipara’s maiden speech, which ran overtime and...

Te Pāti Māori MP warned over $133k budget overspend amid internal rift

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Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi was allegedly warned by Parliamentary Service that her office was on track to overspend its budget by up...

ACT and NZ First voice serious reservations over Gene Tech Bill

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ACT and New Zealand First have both expressed major concerns about the government’s Gene Technology Bill, even though they supported the amendments recommended by...

Haka in public gallery forces temporary suspension of Parliament

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Parliament was briefly suspended after a haka erupted in the public gallery following Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara’s maiden speech. The spontaneous display began...

Toitū Te Tiriti cuts ties with Te Pāti Māori

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Toitū Te Tiriti, a movement long viewed as closely aligned with Te Pāti Māori, has formally distanced itself from the party, with spokesperson Eru...

Swarbrick’s London trip fuels scrutiny as Greens labelled biggest parliamentary polluters

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Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick is facing fresh criticism after revelations she travelled business class to London recently for meetings arranged by the Insurance...

Tamihere backs Ferris’ controversial comments

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Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere has defended MP Tākuta Ferris’ controversial comments about non-Māori campaigning in Māori electorates, saying he agreed with their...

New poll shows deadlocked parliament as Te Pāti Māori holds balance of power

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The latest RNZ-Reid Research poll points to a hung Parliament, with Labour edging ahead of National on 34.3 to 32.5 percent but unable to...

Political leaders and community gather to farewell Takutai Moana Kemp today

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Approximately 1,000 people are expected at Opaea Marae near Taihape for the tangi of Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp, who passed...

Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp dies at 50 – reports

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Te Pāti Māori MP for Tāmaki Makaurau, Takutai Tarsh Kemp, has died at age 50, state-funded media RNZ has reported. Kemp had recently celebrated her...

Parliament confirms suspension of Te Pāti Māori MPs over haka protest

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Parliament resumed debate on Thursday over the punishment of Te Pāti Māori MPs who disrupted the Treaty Principles Bill debate with a haka. The Privileges...

Te Pāti Māori haka debate rages

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Parliament has resumed debate over whether Te Pāti Māori co-leaders should face the harshest disciplinary measures in New Zealand’s parliamentary history following their protest...

Peters ejected from House as Te Pāti Māori sanctions debate delayed until June

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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters was ejected from Parliament today after making an alleged "racially charged" remark during Question Time, just moments before...

Te Pāti Māori MPs face suspension over protest haka

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The Parliamentary Privileges Committee has recommended suspending Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for 21 days and MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke for...

Privileges Committee hearing to proceed without Te Pāti Māori MPs

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The Privileges Committee chaired by Judith Collins will proceed with its scheduled hearing this afternoon, despite Te Pāti Māori MPs refusing to attend, citing...

Labour rules out ‘Epsom-style’ deal with Te Pāti Māori

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Labour has ruled out any electoral agreements with Te Pāti Māori ahead of the next election, saying it was committed to contesting all seven...

Manurewa Marae Inquiry: Government agencies failed to safeguard census and health data

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A government inquiry has found that agencies responsible for safeguarding personal Census and Covid-19 vaccination data collected at Manurewa Marae failed to implement appropriate...

Te Pāti Māori MP found to have misled parliament

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Parliament's Privileges Committee has ruled that Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris deliberately misled the House after denying he called other MPs "liars" during...

Top detective leads investigation into Te Pāti Māori census data allegations

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Detective Superintendent Ross McKay is heading an investigation into Te Pāti Māori over claims of census data misuse, following allegations from former Manurewa Marae...

Te Pāti Māori co-founder Dame Tariana Turia dies aged 80

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Dame Tariana Turia, a co-founder of Te Pāti Māori, passed away at the age of 80 at Whangaehu Marae in Whanganui. Turia made history by...

More details of Te Pāti Māori ‘independent Inquiry’ emerge

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An independent inquiry has been initiated to investigate claims that Te Pāti Māori misused personal information collected during the census and Covid 'vaccine' drives...

Inquiry launched into allegations of data misuse by Te Pāti Māori during 2023 election

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The Public Service Commission will conduct an independent inquiry into allegations that Te Pāti Māori misused private data during the 2023 election campaign. Former workers...

High-level bureaucrat investigation launched over allegations of data misuse by Te Pāti Māori

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Acting Public Service Commissioner Heather Baggott has called a meeting with the heads of nine government departments to address allegations of data misuse by...

Whistleblower accuses MSD and Māori Party of misusing public funds during 2023 election campaign

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A whistleblower from Manurewa Marae has accused the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) of being complicit in the misuse of public funds intended for...

Calls for independent inquiry into alleged misuse of census data by Manurewa Marae

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The government is coming under increasing pressure to conduct an independent investigation into allegations that Manurewa Marae misused census data to support Te Pāti...

Bryce Edwards: Parliament’s increasingly toxic ethnic identity wars

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Toxicity and disinformation are becoming a big part of New Zealand politics. And much of this relates to debates about ethnicity, race, and racism. We...

‘National Māori Action Day’ ignites debate as protests loom

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins have issued warnings against unlawful strike actions ahead of the second 'National Māori Action Day'...

Leaked Treaty advice the ‘fuel to our fire’ says Rawiri Waititi

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A leaked paper from the Ministry of Justice suggests that the coalition Government's proposed legislation to define Treaty of Waitangi principles could be 'highly...

Watch: Winston calls out Maori Party ‘claptrap’

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Peters noted with just 3% of the party vote, 5 ouf o 6 people with Maori ancestry rejected Te Pati Maori. Winston Peters took the...

Te Pāti Māori protesting democracy itself – ACT

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“ morning protestors backed by Te Pāti Māori have attempted to block roads and disrupt the opening of Parliament and New Zealander’s lives just...

Traffic disruption eases as protest gatherings conclude

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Police had a highly visible presence on roading networks across New Zealand today, as large protest gatherings took place in many cities and towns. There...

Te Pati Maori protests planned for Tuesday morning

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Police are preparing for planned protests in various locations around New Zealand tomorrow morning (Tuesday 5 December). Te Pati Māori protest action is scheduled to...

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